The 2020 edition of The State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture has a particular focus on sustainability. This reflects a number of specific considerations. First, 2020 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries (

Balancing the Food Security Equation: C3/T3  In his opinion paper, Ahmad Mukhtar (Economist, FAOLOG) states that “Achieving Food Security is one of the most important public policy goals regardless of the level of development of a country. The challenges

Read the FAO Director-General QU Dongyu speech to the Joint Meeting of the UN agency’s Programme and Finance Committees, which took place virtually for the first time in FAO’s history. Qu highlighted his vision of a new FAO, that is more transparent, incl

World’s worst humanitarian crisis is now aggravated by Desert Locusts and COVID-19.

This year, on the second observance of World Food Safety Day (7 June 2020), we all have a chance to recognize the people who help keep our food safe. 

More and more people struggle to have access to or enough food in fragile countries

By observing World Bee Day each year, we can raise awareness on the essential role bees and other pollinators play in keeping people and the planet healthy, and on the many challenges they face today.  

FAO continues to strengthen its work in support of global efforts to defeat the COVID-19 pandemic

New FAO Policy Brief analyzes pandemic-driven recession’s threat to global hunger levels

  QU Dongyu says a coordinated response needed to address the drivers that perpetuate food crises

Annual report on acute food insecurity and malnutrition published

  Director-General speaks to G20 agriculture ministers on behalf of UN food agencies

March 2020 marked one of the most challenging moments in our history, as the global pandemic of COVID-19 intensified

Regional body and UN agency join forces to minimize lockdown’s impact on continent where one in five goes hungry

Learn what FAO is doing with regard to the current pandemic. Highlights, Analysis, Questions & Answers and Resources on FAO's work on COVID-19 related issues. 

 Joint Statement by QU Dongyu, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Roberto Azevedo, Directors-General of FAO, WHO and WTO

Global and national markets must continue to be a transparent, stable and reliable source of food supply

FAO’s Chief Economist maps the ways the world can mitigate shocks to agriculture and food systems

Read about the implications of the pandemic for food production and agriculture and FAO's recommendations to mitigate the risks. ...  

We are pleased to present the new version of our newsletter featuring the activities of FAO Geneva and highlights from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) as a whole. Availabe at http://newsletters.fao.org/q/15QthmUV8eteCMoN2